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Lake Russell State Wildlife Management Area

Lake Russell State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Lake Russell State Wildlife Management Area is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 294 m. Oakey Mountain stands 960 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Farmer Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
294 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.53149, -83.43739

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Locust Stake ORV Area: 4.3 mi
  • Cornelia City Park: 4.8 mi
  • Library Park: 5.4 mi
  • Alewine Park: 6.2 mi
  • Alewine Park: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 48
Historic sites: 18
  • Camp Toccoa: 2.7 mi
  • Leatherwood Baptist Church: 4.7 mi
  • Lane Family Historical Cemetery: 5.2 mi
  • Banks-Maxwell Cemetery: 6.5 mi
  • Line Baptist Church: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Habersham County Fairgrounds: 6.6 mi
  • M60: 15.2 mi
  • forest service Rd 27: 17.6 mi
  • North Georgia Canopy Tours: 18.5 mi
  • Atlanta Dragway: 18.5 mi
Museums: 10
  • Camp Toccoa: 2.7 mi
  • Loudermilk Boarding House Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Gathany Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Currahee Military Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Travelers Rest: 12.5 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Wilson Shoals WMA: 12.4 mi
  • Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 23.8 mi
  • Mark Trail Wilderness: 24.5 mi
  • Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Big Red Apple: 5.3 mi
  • Rabbittown Rabbit: 24.6 mi
  • Ty Cobb: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Tugaloo State Park: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Lake Russell State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakey MountainNNW 338°960 m16.3 mi
Yonah MountainWNW 295°958 m17.3 mi
Joe MountainN 351°917 m17.2 mi
Stamp KnobN 354°906 m17.1 mi
Pigeon MountainN 350°862 m13.5 mi
Flat Creek MountainNNW 340°818 m15.3 mi
Stony MountainN 349°817 m13.7 mi
Oakey MountainN 358°796 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1319:46
June solstice06:2220:1320:50
September equinox07:2218:5919:32
December solstice07:3716:4917:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350586673767569595043
Precip in5.55.05.64.43.95.14.75.64.44.84.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornelia, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Kidney-leaf Rosinweed10 obs
  • redring milkweed10 obs
  • Greater Tickseed9 obs
  • wild geranium8 obs
  • Bowman's root8 obs
  • Little Brown Jugs8 obs
  • butterfly milkweed7 obs
  • woodland pinkroot7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358715778

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